Playboy has stated that it plans to open a signature club in Shanghai despite the fact that China still bans sale of the magazine.
However, China still bans the sale of Playboy and other magazines featuring photographs of nude women, although some such volumes are sold legally as art books.
The government this summer also launched a crackdown on Internet pornography, shutting nearly 1,500 Web sites and handing out sentences of up to 15 years to people running them.
Chicago-based Playboy Enterprises Inc. publishes Playboy magazine in 18 countries. The company's famous rabbit head logo is also licensed for a variety of products, especially popular in China and other parts of Asia.
It will be the only Playboy club in existence as the last club closed in Manila in 1991.
Christopher
Portland, OR
November 2002
DEC 06, 2004 10:21 PM